Welwyn Garden City

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• Today: 11° / 6° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:26

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

293 reported · August 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour87
• Violence & sexual offences71
• Shoplifting49
• Other theft18

9 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Welwyn Hatfield North · Hertfordshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

157 reported road collisions (2025)

33 killed or seriously injured · 227 casualties · 10.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

235 food businesses within 2 miles

• 194 rated 4–5 ★ (165 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Welwyn Garden City (0.2 km)
• 50 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£455,973 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across East Hertfordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,533 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,086
• 2 bed £1,382
• 3 bed £1,673

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.7 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,114 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (4.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.7p · Asda (10.7 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

58 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Howardsgate (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,155 residents in East Hertfordshire · 316/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,636
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,501
• Net moves+1,135

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 276 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 68,050)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

90 schools · 33,136 pupils

61 primary · 13 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 31 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

80 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Hertfordshire

1,176 CQC-registered services

• Care homes257
• GP practices171
• Dentists296
• Homecare agencies330
• Hospitals & hospices34

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

• In a conservation area (Welwyn Garden City)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 20 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

282 applications decided

85.1% granted · 240 granted, 42 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Andrew Lewin

Labour

Welwyn Hatfield

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 5
• Con 14
• LD 10
• Grn 15
• Ref 2
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens48
• Restaurants & cafés33

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

351 jobs advertised · £45,136 avg

e.g. Design Manager, Head of Estate Operations, Front of House Team Member - Hospitality Talent Pool

Source: Adzuna

£961 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£33,888 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 66,645 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 20% · Biomass 12%

93 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in AL8

• The Garden City Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Welwyn Hatfield:

• Remove the grey belt planning rules251 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND245 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks221 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth193 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills150 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Howard Centre · 0.2 km

  The Howard Centre is a shopping centre in Welwyn Garden City. It is named after Sir Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement.

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  Welwyn Garden City railway station · 0.2 km

  Welwyn Garden City railway station serves the town of Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated 20 miles 25 chains down the line from London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line. Train services…

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  Council Offices, Welwyn Garden City · 0.3 km

  The Council Offices, also known as the Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Offices, is a municipal building on The Campus in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. The structure accommodates the offices and meeting p…

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  Nabisco Shredded Wheat Factory · 0.4 km

  The Nabisco Shredded Wheat Factory is a disused factory which formerly produced variants of the shredded wheat breakfast cereal in Welwyn Garden City, in the United Kingdom. It was designed by architect Louis de Soiss…

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  Griffin Place · 0.5 km

  Roche Products Factory is a former pharmaceutical company headquarters and factory at 40 Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. It was built in 1938 as the British headquarters, laboratories and…

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  Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City · 0.7 km

  The Barn Theatre, located in Welwyn Garden City, England is a Grade II listed, 17th-century timber-framed barn converted to a community theatre in 1931.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)